US Broadband Service Will Become Tax-free Forever

The US House of Representative will vote on this Friday to permanently ban new taxes on internet access by states and local governments. The voting for the same customs and trade enforcement legislation will take place on Monday in the Senate. US broadband subscribers can be assured that there won’t be anymore jacking up of internet/broadband subscription bills if the congress votes as expected in the coming days.

The state and local governments will prevented from imposing any new taxes as well on Internet access and broadband service.

There are some states which levy addition taxes on internet and broadband service. This legislation if passed successfully would also phase out existing taxes over the next four years in seven states — Hawaii, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. These states imposed taxes in internet access before 1998 when the federal moratorium was passed.